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Exactly the point. We shouldn't cheer sensorship of the "other" because once we have allowed it to be an acceptable tool, it will inevitably swing against us as
by xyzelement 6y ago
Exactly the point. We shouldn't cheer sensorship of the "other" because once we have allowed it to be an acceptable tool, it will inevitably swing against us as well when someone finds our views inconvenient.
When I was growing up, the ACLU would defend the rights of neo-nazis to speak, etc, because liberal people understood that if you don't protect the rights of the extreme you lose those rights yourself. It's shocking to me how quickly people seem to have lost hold of these principles.